Villa Los Almácigos
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| Villa Los Almácigos | |
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| Dominican Republic |  Dominican Republic |
| * Province | Santiago Rodríguez |
| Coordinates | ? |
| * Elevation |
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| * Distance | 11 km to Sabaneta |
| Area | |
| Population | 12,312 hab. (2002)[2] |
| * Population density |
60 inhab./km² |
Villa Los Almácigos is a city and municipality of the Santiago Rodríguez province, in northwestern Dominican Republic. The municipality is on the northern side of the Cordillera Central mountain range, west of Sabaneta.
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[change] Population
The municipality had, in 2002, a total population of 12,312: 6,409 men and 5,903 women. The urban population was 24% of the total population.[2].
[change] History
On 6 March 1863, there was a meeting in this town of the leaders of the Restoration War against Spain. The Dominicans had lost the first battles and in this meeting they decided to stop the fight for a moment and they went to Haiti to prepare for the next battles.
In 1937, it was named Villa Generalísimo in honor of the dictator Trujillo but in 1962 the town got again its old name.
Villa Los Almácigos was elevated to the category of municipal district of San Ignacio de Sabaneta by the law 659 of 2 May, 1974. It is municipality since 19 September, 1996.
[change] Economy
The main economic activity of the municipality is farming.
[change] References
- ↑ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
